The great caliphs
Subtitle: the golden age of the 'Abbasid Empire
By: Amira K. Bennison
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Haven; London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780300154894; 9781282352926; 9780300152272
Subjects: Islamic civilization; History; Abbasids; Economic conditions; Caliphate; Islamic cities and towns; Social conditions; World; Caliphs; HISTORY
Other titles: Golden age of the 'Abbasid Empire
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-234) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: A stormy sea: the politics of the 'Abbasid caliphate; title: From Baghdad to Cordoba: the cities of classical Islam; title: Princes and beggars: life and society in the 'Abbasid Age; title: The lifeblood of empire: trade and traders in the 'Abbasid Age; title: Baghdad's 'Golden Age': Islam's scientific renaissance; title: The 'Abbasid legacy.